Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 14, 1837

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Date:1837-11-14

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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 14,
1837

, they came but I am inclined to think the noisy
demonstrations of the Whig victory which occasionally met the ear was by no
means satisfactory to the whole company, very little was said on the
subject but dear Mrs Horner would occasionally give me a shy look or
squeeze of the hand when the cannon shook the house with more than wonted
violence, and Eliza whispered to Clara that she rather thought John Porter

and sour visage, a loud burst of merriment from the street caused me to
observe laughingly "we Whigs feel well to night",
"those boys make a great noise in the street, all boys" was Johns surly
reply. Dont you think the observation nearly as small as the man himself. I
was astonished that a man should have so little magna- nimity or not
having it should lack discretion to conceal his chagrin. "The boys" had a
merry time I do not know how long it continued but the cannon was to heard
as long as my toothache kept me awake. Peter gave as strange account of
the proceedings in the morning but altogether too unintelligible for
recapitulation. Since then I have been favoured with newspapers and find
that the Whigs have succeeded nearly over the whole state. Van Schaic

majority and did not like to come when the "boys" are as noisy as they
are here. I have had the toothache since Friday yesterday morning it
became so intolerable that I despatched Peter forBall

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and he had my tooth extracted but lo the tooth was sound except when it had
been filled by Roper

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and the filling which I had supposed gone remained perfectly firm. Ball
said it was a pity to lose the tooth (it was the next to the eye tooth) and I
insisted him to replace it, he said it would grow firm again but that he
had never made an experiment of the kind however he replaced and I felt for a
few hours very much pleased that I had been able to dispose of the tooth
ache and retain my tooth, presently my gums began to swell and my face and jaws
to pain me exceedingly I had a very bad night the pain & soreness
increasing constantly, this morning I sentNicholas

to ask his advice I found the right man, he had had a
tooth drawn by mistake and put back, the tooth was perfectly sound and now
firm and useful be he said it cost him much pain and that the pain and soreness
continued for two months, all circumstances considered I did not feel as
if I had two months to spend with toothache so I concluded to have it taken out
again. The Dr at first attempted to pull it with his fingers but the gum was
dreadfully swollen that he could not succeed and was obliged to go home
for his turnkey and then extracted it with some difficulty, it caused me
rather more pain than the first extraction, my face is still sore

has gone to his pony. Always
remember me affectionately to the family at Westfield, your own Frances.
Tomorrow I intend to make some new ink and hope then to be able to write
legibly. William H. Seward Westfield Chautaque County 18/Auburn NOV 15 N.Y.